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"Last night I watched  AN HONEST LIAR 2014 that was borrowed from the library.\n \n\n\n\t \n\n\n\tIt's a sweet documentary about James Randi whom we lost in 2020. I'm a big fan of magic, I love the bafoonery &amp; the skill involved in it. I come from a long like of \"fortune tellers\" and modern illusionists use the tricks &amp; theatrics so brilliantly, I can't resist.\n \n\n\n\tRandi was pretty much an escape performer at first, but of course like all \"magicians\" is disgusted by crass manipulation used to exploit people's emotions &amp; money.  In the great tradition of Houdini and now followed by Penn &amp; Teller, Randi focused in later life on exposing frauds. Not \"fortune telling\" frauds, but mostly televangelists &amp; spirit mediums.\n \n\n\n\tEven as a kid I knew the trickery Ernest Angley &amp; Peter Poppoff were pulling, it was old carny stuff. You know why you don't see those guys on TV Sunday morning anymore? Because Randi exposed them. Thank you.\n \n\n\n\tThis documentary went into Randi's home &amp; told a little about his personal life. Most of the time, I find that kind of sensationalism rude &amp; unnecessary. But being aware of Randi &amp; his work for decades, I was delighted to find out more about the man, his personal life. \n \n\n\n\tIt was thrilling to see he lived in an Octagon House, which is a weird \"spiritual cult\" thing from the early 1900s. (of course I'm into those too) But looking at a still view of his structure, think it may be just a hexagon.\n \n\n\n\t \n "
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